1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink.

Doubles
1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk
Score	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Draw	28 (4WC)/2Q)
Seeds	8

Main article: 1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.^[1][2][3]

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
2. Byron Black / Grant Connell (quarterfinals)
3. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)
5. Jacco Eltingh / Jakob Hlasek (first round)
6. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (second round)
7. Patrick Galbraith / Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)
8. Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink (semifinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

	Semifinals							Final
	8	Ellis Ferreira  Jan Siemerink	3	2
	3	Mark Knowles  Daniel Nestor	6	6
								3	Mark Knowles  Daniel Nestor	3	6	6
									Sandon Stolle  Cyril Suk	6	3	4
		Rick Leach  Jonathan Stark	3	1
		Sandon Stolle  Cyril Suk	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	6	7
	Q	K Jones  C Woodruff	6	6	6			Q	K Jones  C Woodruff	7	3	5
		M Barnard  G Van Emburgh	2	7	1										1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	3	6	2
		J Eagle  A Florent	5	6	6										8	E Ferreira  J Siemerink	6	3	6
	WC	L Jensen  M Jensen	7	2	7			WC	L Jensen  M Jensen	4	6	3
	Q	D Kronauge  A Reichel	0	3				8	E Ferreira  J Siemerink	6	4	6
	8	E Ferreira  J Siemerink	6	6																		8	E Ferreira  J Siemerink	3	2
																						3	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	6
								3	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	7
		K Kinnear  D Randall	6	3	4				M Damm  P Nyborg	4	6
		M Damm  P Nyborg	3	6	6										3	M Knowles  D Nestor	7	7
		M Philippoussis  P Rafter	6	6												M Philippoussis  P Rafter	6	6
		P Kilderry  M Tebbutt	2	3					M Philippoussis  P Rafter	6	6
	WC	S Hiršzon  G Ivanišević	6	2	6			6	S Lareau  A O'Brien	2	4
	6	S Lareau  A O'Brien	4	6	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	J Eltingh  J Hlasek	3	4
		R Leach  R Reneberg	6	6					R Leach  R Reneberg	7	6
		N Broad  P Norval	2	7	6				N Broad  P Norval	6	4
		S Edberg  P Korda	6	6	4											R Leach  R Reneberg	6	7
	WC	T Henman  G Raoux	2	2												J Björkman  N Kulti	2	5
		J Björkman  N Kulti	6	6					J Björkman  N Kulti	7	7
								4	Y Kafelnikov  D Vacek	6	6
																							R Leach  J Stark	3	1
	7	P Galbraith  A Olhovskiy	6	3	6																		S Stolle  C Suk	6	6
		T Kronemann  D Macpherson	3	6	3			7	P Galbraith  A Olhovskiy	4	7	4
		S Stolle  C Suk	6	6	7				S Stolle  C Suk	6	6	6
		D Johnson  G Michibata	7	4	6											S Stolle  C Suk	6	7
	WC	S Bruguera  À Corretja	3	3											2	B Black  G Connell	4	6
		J Grabb  J Stark	6	6					J Grabb  R Reneberg	3	5
								2	B Black  G Connell	6	7

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

The top three seeds received a bye to the second round.

1. Kelly Jones / Chris Woodruff (qualified)
2. Robbie Koenig / Wojciech Kowalski (qualifying competition)
3. Dan Kronauge / Alex Reichel (qualified)
4. Brian Eagle / Jeff Thomas (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Kelly Jones / Chris Woodruff
2. Dan Kronauge / Alex Reichel

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
								1	Kelly Jones Chris Woodruff	6	5	6
	4	Brian Eagle Jeff Thomas	6	6				4	Brian Eagle Jeff Thomas	4	7	0
	WC	Randy Baldemor Curt Josselyn	4	4

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
								3	Dan Kronauge Alex Reichel	6	3	6
								2	Robbie Koenig Wojciech Kowalski	4	6	4